THREE STARS? NO THANKS! THE FRENCH CHEF SEBASTIEN BRAS SAYS NO TO THE MAXIMUM RECOGNITION OF THE MICHELIN GUIDE

THREE STARS? NO THANKS! THE FRENCH CHEF SEBASTIEN BRAS SAYS NO TO THE MAXIMUM RECOGNITION OF THE MICHELIN GUIDE

#MAGIADELMONDO.

No, it’s not a joke! Sebastien Bras (his dad was the renowned chef of the French cuisine Michel Bras) asked to be excluded from the 2018 edition of the Michelin Guide. He has been running Le Suquet since ten years and he got the five stars in 1999.

Bras announced his decision last September 20th with a video posted on his Facebook. The reason seems to be the high pressure. This is a real life choice made together with his wife Veronique which shows the preference for peace without renouncing to the excellence. The chef wants to point out that he will never stop caring about quality which will remain the main feature of his cuisine.

The guide already answers: Claire Dorland-Clauzel, member of the Executive Board, is willing to consider the request but he didn’t assure that he will accept. Even if this decision sneak up on everybody, Sebastien Bras is not actually the first one to feel oppressed by this high responsibility such being a five stars chef. In other dramatic cases, even if the reason were different, some cooks decided even to kill theirself (remember Bernard Loiseau, Pierre Jaubert e Franco Colombani).
Anyway we are happy to see our beloved chef happy to choose serenity instead of glory. We wonder if renouncing to the five stars will become the new trend.